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Conceived and wrote the business plan for a 3D, casino-themed virtual world offering real-money gaming, retail, entertainment, and social experiences. Responsible for brand evangelism, regulatory/licensure, product development, cryptocurrency vs. fiat evaluation, and talent acquisition.

The Las Vegas Whaling Company is a developer of Web3, mobile social, and real money gaming platforms. The company recently oversaw the launch of Boyd Gaming's social and iGaming businesses. LVWC also developed numerous engagement and virtual entertainment applications for Boyd. Past projects include building Golden Rat Studios, a Los Angeles, California-based studio creating social casino games exclusively for the APAC market and funded by leading Asian land-based operator Melco Entertainment. Golden Rat published Asia’s most popular social casino app: City of Games. The Whaling Company also launched USA-based social casino studios for two major Korean gaming companies: Nexon/Rushmo America (Casino Frenzy) and NHN/Monarc Gaming Labs (Golden Sand Casino).

Marco!Polo! is an early-stage wireless startup founded by experienced technologists in app development, electronics design/development, and physical design of microelectronic devices/sensors. The team is building a patented RFID-inspired technology platform facilitating precise localized navigation and communications for inhospitable environments where conventional GPS signal tracking is inhibited.

Direct report to the Chief Digital Officer of leading U.S. land-based casino operator Boyd Gaming. Responsibilities included: Gaming -- Relaunching the Stardust brand as iGaming and Social Casino applications. (Primarily served as the de facto GM of the Stardust Social Casino, winning top place in Best of Las Vegas 3 years in a row.) Also managed the game's e-commerce/loyalty program connected to the casino resorts.  M&A Advisory -- source and evaluate various digital companies for acquisition/investment Partnership Development -- sourced and evaluated strategic (digital & entertainment-based) partnerships Product Development -- conceived, designed, and built numerous customer engagement applications Innovation -- worked directly with the CTO to prototype new gaming products in the areas of AI, AR, and the spatial internet. Entertainment -- worked directly with corporate and property GMs to design, plan, budget, and stage immersive entertainment experiences.

Advised founders on M&A and content deals. Company was eventually acquired by the Stockholm-based mobile game developer and publisher Stillfront Group.

Super Binge Media is a US-based media/tech company that creates text-based entertainment for distribution to mobile devices. The company has released the chat fiction app SPREE, that features romance, drama, and celebrity-themed "textisodes"​ containing fictionalized text messages, supplemented with audio, still and video content.

Golden Rat Studios is a social gaming studio based in Playa Vista (Los Angeles), California. Founded by industry veterans: George Zaloom and Dave Bezahler and building the next generation of multiplayer social casino games with a focus on the APAC region. Golden Rat is backed by Melco Entertainment & Resorts, Asia’s third-largest land-based casino operator. Golden Rat is the publisher of Asia’s most popular social casino app: City of Games.

Sports Where I Am provides fans with a comprehensive list of major sports events occurring nearby.

Funler is a mobile media/learning platform that's an alternative to afterschool TV for kids. As kids are consuming more digital content outside of school, more learning is happening outside of structured education. Funler provides parents the solution to help them manage this while offering kids a fun and rewarding environment.

Strategic advisor to mobile lottery services startup.

Rushmo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Korean gaming giant Nexon, was a developer of free-to-play, casino-focused mobile and browser-based games. Engaged to reboot development of the app, launch the USA studio, build the team, and provide strategic and product guidance for its new hit multi-player mobile game, Casino Frenzy. (Rushmo and its IP were sold to FelixLab in 2017.)

Neo Poker Lab has created an online web and mobile poker app that allows poker players of all skill levels to have fun and improve their poker game. By competing against and learning from the most advanced poker artificial intelligence in the world, players can engage in a challenging poker experience anytime, anywhere. (Winner of the 2014 GiGse Start-up Launchpad competition.)

Strategic advisor to the largest privately held sports data wire service which was acquired by Stats.

Oversaw the creation of a new social game studio for Korean Internet giant NHN. Located in Santa Monica, California, Monarc Gaming Labs (formerly NHN Entertainment Labs), is poised be one of the premiere gaming studios on the West coast. Authored the business plan and budget, recruited the senior creative and engineering team, acquired technology platforms, licensed games/IP, creative web and social media presence, leased and built out the studio’s 7000 square foot facility. Developed and wrote product branding and creative strategy plan. Released: Golden Sand Casino.

Goplay enabled land-based casino operators to embed popular social games directly into their own websites. (Platform acquihired into NHN Ent.)

GameStamper is the API that supported the social casino gaming portal: Goplay.com (Platform acquired)

giantHello.com was a social gaming network for kids (8 to 13). It was designed for users who have outgrown Club Penguin and Webkinz, but are not old enough to sign up for Facebook or MySpace. giantHello offered developers of social games a new platform to reach the under-13 market. The site featured a Facebook compatible API which makes for seamless integration.giantHello had all the features of a real social network -- but with one big difference: kids could ONLY communicate with others they personally invited. On giantHello kids interacted with their peers, not friends of friends they never met. They simply connected by either emailing an invitation to a known friend, or printing out specially designed coded invitations to hand out. Compared to other social sites, this invitation-only networking is what made giantHello unique. Once signed up, kids discovered giantHello’s many cool features including: customizable profile pages, message boards, photo uploading, Home page status updates, virtual gifts, and casual games. giantHello has was awarded the National Parenting Center, Parent’s Choice Award and the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) cyber safety best practices seals. (platform acquired)

FaceChipz.com was a social network for kids that utilized digitally encrypted friendship tokens (sold via ToysRus) to safely connect users.

Advised CEO, wrote business plan for family live-action and animation slate financing vehicle. Secured 5 picture distribution deal with MGM. Started non-fiction division. Also oversaw the company’s web brands: Kidmango and KidVideos.

DVD Premiere film producer. Company specialized in exploiting library assets of major studios for remakes, sequels and spin-offs. Clients: Universal Studios, Warner Bros and Morgan Creek Films

Created branded entertainment platform and franchise: Family Fun Night. Secured business relationships with partners: Wal*Mart (retail) and NBC (broadcast) Genius Products (Home Ent.) Consulted directly with company owner and the CEO.

Advised CEO, created strategy plan for live-action theatrical family film company.

Advised CEO, rewrote Green business plan and developed media strategies.

Raised financing for celebrity internet site, created business plan and developed new platforms and microsites.

Instrumental in launching WPP’s branded entertainment division.Supervised multi-platform (TV, web, mobile) live MTV event for media agency’s clients: Dr Pepper, Wal*Mart and KFC.

Digital Animation start-up. Teamed with former DreamWorks Animation executives to establish new computer generated animation studio. Designed business plan. Instrumental in securing structured financing commitment from Citigroup and GE Capital.

Provided /producing/development services. Supervised scripting, story, editorial, visual development, GC modeling, rigging, surfacing, layout, and animation. Projects: Me & My Shadow, Kung Fu Panda, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Bee Movie, Shrek II, The Bungles. Also involved in corporate strategy and recruiting. Reported to Jeffrey Katzenberg and to Pres. of Creative Affairs, Lance Young.

Built company from two into a workforce of fifty, $25 million in annual revenues, oversaw all creative and physical operations, administered motion picture and television overall deal with the Walt Disney Company, ZM businesses included: motion pictures, telefilms, TV series (drama and reality), TV specials, electronic press kits, industrials, Internet, and theme park films.PRODUCING – MOVIES & TELEFILMS – Specialized in family entertainment. (Partial Credits)Encino Man -- DisneyHearts of Darkness a Filmmakers Apocalypse -- Paramount/TritonThe Shaggy Dog -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCFreaky Friday -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCEscape To Witch Mountain -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCThe Computer Wore Tennis Shoes -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCThe Barefoot Executive -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCLa Woman -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCThe Love Bug -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCBeverly Hills Family Robinson -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCDogmatic -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCThe Tower Of Terror -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCH.E. Double Hockey Sticks -- Wonderful World of Disney/ABCThe Sports Pages -- ShowtimePsycho IV: The Beginning -- ShowtimePRODUCING -- TELEVISION SERIES (Partial Credits)Band in a Bubble -- 4x½ Hours, Reality Series, MTVGary & Mike -- 26x½ Hours, UPN (Co-Creator – Exec. Consultant)3rd Person -- ½ Hr. Pilot, MTV Productions The Cape -- 22x1 Hours Syndicated In Association with MTMKodak Presents: Inside Movies -- ½ Hour Syndicated Series Pilot Martha Stewart Living -- Pilot and 35x½ Hours for Syndication (Series Co-Creator)Payback -- 1 Hour Comedy/Reality Pilot NBCRipley's Believe It Or Not -- 1 Hour Pilot, ABCSex and the Silver Screen -- 6 Hour Documentary Series, ShowtimeShe -- 1Hour Pilot for HBO/DreamWorksBody by Jake -- Pilot & 200 EpisodesBack to the Future -- 26x½ Hours, NBC